under this scenario, new york city will be on the northern end of the storm. could be looking at a bad storm surge between 4 to 8 feet locally higher amounts if it does coincide with high tide. a lot of water piling up along long island sound. a very bad situation for manhattan and along the east river. looking for a lot of impacts from the storm geraldo. major coastal flooding. a long duration event because sandy is so large. locally more than 10 inches of rain and 48 hours of high winds for some. >> maria and i tomorrow night as sandy bears down on the coast we will have a life special report beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern time,. >>> and this is a fox news alert. the saturday polls are out and they show mitt romney holding on to his slight lead. how sligh which way are the voters moving? ace pollster scott rasmussen. how are you doing? >> doing great. i'm getting ready for sandy myself because we are right in the target zone. but there is a presidential election going on. >> geraldo: right in as bury park on the jersey shore. better have your rubber shoes on